{"id":299261,"date":"2021-07-14T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/android-12-beta-3-uses-ai-to-fix-janky-rotation-once-and-for-all\/"},"modified":"2021-07-14T23:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:11:00","slug":"android-12-beta-3-uses-ai-to-fix-janky-rotation-once-and-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/android-12-beta-3-uses-ai-to-fix-janky-rotation-once-and-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"#Android 12 Beta 3 uses AI to fix janky rotation once and for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Android 12 Beta 3 uses AI to fix janky rotation once and for all<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Android has been around for over a decade, yet for some reason, a feature as seemingly simple as auto-rotation is still kind of slow and janky. It\u2019s especially annoying when lying down or using the phone from unusual angles. I\u2019ve gotten used to it, but whenever I get to try an iPhone or iPad, I get a little jealous of the comparatively smooth rotation.<\/p>\n

It seems that Android 12 is finally ready to tackle this problem head-on\u2026 literally. Google\u2019s solution to unreliable autorotate is to track your head using the front-facing camera.<\/p>\n

Per Google\u2019s update notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve enhanced Android\u2019s auto-rotate feature with face detection, using the front-facing camera to more accurately recognize when to rotate the screen. This is especially helpful for people who are using their devices while lying down on a couch or in bed, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The company says the face-tracking feature is opt-in, and notes that it uses Android\u2018s new Private Compute Core<\/a>, so \u201cimages are never stored or sent off the device.\u201d The feature currently only works on the Pixel 4 and Later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Newer Pixel devices aside, the company says it\u2019s also optimized the rotation animation and is using a machine learning gesture detection algorithm. Google claims this should lead to 25% reduced latency when rotating your phone for all devices running Android 12, while devices that support face detection should be even more reliable.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m a little concerned that Google needed to implement face-tracking at all to improve a feature iOS has been doing pretty well from the start, I\u2019m grateful for the overall improvement.<\/p>\n

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